This morning at a special event, representatives from T-Mobile, Google, and the Open Handset Alliance held a special event in New York to unveil the long awaited first handset to run Android.
The device features quadband GSM/quintuple band UMTS/HSDPA access, Wi-Fi radio, a built-in GPS tranceiver with compass, 3.17 inch touch screen display running at HVGA resolution (480 x 320, same as the BlackBerry Bold), microSDHC expansion slot with support for 8GB cards, and a hidden QWERTY keyboard.
In terms of software the device will be preloaded with Google Maps featuring StreetView support, Amazon MP3 Store (though the client is preinstalled, downloads can only be done over Wi-Fi, while previews can be handled by the 3G connection presumably to ease network load), Android Market, YouTube, and other third party apps.
Pricing for the device is set at $179.99 after new 2 year agreement and the addition of a specific set of data plans, one with unlimited data access and a bucket of messages for $25 or unlimited messaging and data for $35 on top of a required voice plan for purchase with no prepaid option at this time.Â
The device is slated to launch on October 22nd in White, Black or Brown
Is this the HTC dream?
Yes, the T-Mobile G1 is the same device as the HTC Dream. We noted this in prior reporting.
Great job on reporting this in prior reportings. Excellent work, now, if I actually have a chance to visit this site every day, I may have seen that, however, I must have missed that day. But thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question.
T-Mobile has 3G? =)
nice sprint humor mustang! everybody knows that sprint is the ONLY carrier with 3G or reception…
great user interface on this device by the way but am not digging the phone
I read/heard somewhere this phone does not support BT stereo. If thats true, is it possible for someone to write an ap for it that does? I know its part of the BT stack, but im not very knowledgeable on how BT works.
It seems like a nice OS, but I don’t dig the phone either. Luckily, it is an open OS so we can port it to other devices. Oh wait, that’s already been done =) And the BT stereo depends on whether it is a software or hardware limitation. If the G1 lacks BT stereo in the hardware, software won’t help. If it does then we just need some crafty individual to write us some software to play with.
Google has said Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) will be added in a future software update.
To clarify, this is not a hardware limitation. Google has noted that they had to cut off A2DP in the launch software release, due to bugs.
There will be A2DP on the G1 via a future update.
if the phone is 179.99 with a two year agreement
and 35.00 to have full use a lot like the sidekick (right)
anyway what is the voice the plan???
Thats great news Chris, thank you.
From T Mobile’s contract: If your total data usage in any billing cycle is more than 1GB, your data throughput for the remainder of that cycle may be reduced to 50 kbps or less. Your data session, plan, or service may be suspended, terminated, or restricted for significant roaming or if you use your service in a way that interferes with our network or ability to provide quality service to other users.
Erollano, T-Mobile has said that they will not implement that part of the agreement, and it has since been removed.
We will be following up with a litany of Android misconceptions, in a future article dedicated to the subject.
I did read anything about Android regarding syncronization capabilitis. Will I be able to import my Outlook’s Contacts? And what about MS Office documents? These are Treo’s strengths.
Does anybody made these questions about Android?
Thanks for the feedback!
idk i think sprint touch pro will be slightly better
i’d like to work on writing a a2dp profile or player that transmitted. Not familiar either but have done lots of java dev on linux systems. Anyone able to work on this with dev exp?
It’s not that simple. One would need to run native code, Dalvik has no Bluetooth API control yet. And, when it does, Google will probably have added A2DP by then themselves.